Today is Wednesday, May 24, the 144th day of 2023, with 221 to follow.
The moon is waxing. Morning stars are Jupiter, Mars, Mercury, Neptune and Saturn. Evening stars are Mars and Venus.
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Those born on this date are under the sign of Gemini. They include Polish inventor Gabriel Fahrenheit in 1686; French journalist/revolutionary Jean-Paul Marat in 1743; British Queen Victoria in 1819; U.S. Supreme Court Justice Benjamin Cardozo in 1870; H.B. Reese, inventor of the Reese's Peanut Butter Cup, in 1879; hostess/party-giver Elsa Maxwell, credited with introducing the "scavenger hunt," in 1883; actor Lilli Palmer in 1914; comedian Tommy Chong in 1938 (age 85); musician Bob Dylan, born Robert Zimmerman, in 1941 (age 82); actor Gary Burghoff in 1943 (age 80); singer Patti LaBelle, born Patricia Louise Holte, in 1944 (age 79); actor/businesswoman Priscilla Presley in 1945 (age 78); actor Jim Broadbent in 1949 (age 74); actor Alfred Molina in 1953 (age 70); singer Rosanne Cash in 1955 (age 68); actor Kristin Scott Thomas in 1960 (age 63); author Michael Chabon in 1963 (age 60); actor John C. Reilly in 1965 (age 58); soccer player Eric Cantona in 1966 (age 57); rapper/actor Heavy D, born Dwight Errington Myers, in 1967; actor Brianne Howey in 1989 (age 34); stock car racer Joey Logano in 1990 (age 33); actor Daisy Edgar-Jones in 1998 (age 25); actor Charlie Plummer in 1999 (age 24).
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